HGGundam Build Fighters (Try / Build Divers mascot line)

Petit'gguy Pretty in Pink & Petit-Petit'gguy

A pocket-sized pink bear that takes twenty minutes to build and somehow still holds a pose.

MechaGrade Score

3.3/5

Petit'gguy Pretty in Pink & Petit-Petit'gguy · 1/144 · 2017

GradeHG

Scale1/144

Released2017

Runnersn/a

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The verdict

This is a palate cleanser kit, not a showcase piece, and it is exactly as good as that job requires.

I built it in under half an hour with no instructions confusion and no leftover parts anxiety, and the little Petit-Petit'gguy riding on its arm is the best part of the whole box. It will never impress anyone who cares about inner frames or gate placement, but that was never the point.

Best for: Gunpla builders who want a cheap, fast, genuinely cute shelf piece or a first kit for a kid

The full review

What it is

This is the fourteenth entry in Bandai's HGPG Petit'gguy line, the bear-shaped mascot mini-kits spun off from the Beargguy suits in Gundam Build Fighters. Pink all over this time, with a tiny matching Petit-Petit'gguy that clips onto either arm or rides on the back once you pop the ribbon accessory off. It stands around three inches tall, comes on a small handful of runners, and goes together in one sitting with zero fuss. I went in expecting a toy and came out genuinely charmed. The head tilts, the ears move, the little bear buddy has its own connector joint, and the whole thing has more personality than its size has any right to.

The catch

There is not much kit here, and that is the honest complaint, not a hidden one. Part count is low, there is no inner frame or panel line work to speak of, and the plastic is mostly flat matte color with almost nothing to detail beyond wiping a little seam here and there. Articulation is limited to ball-jointed head and limbs, so do not expect dynamic posing. Some buyers online note leftover spare parts after building, which is normal for this line but can feel odd if you are used to Bandai kits using every runner slot. At full retail this is a lot of money per gram of plastic if you compare it to a mainline HG.

Who it's for

Buy this if you want a fast, stress-free build, a cute desk companion, or a genuinely good first kit for a kid who wants to build something alongside you without the frustration of a full HG suit. Gundam Build Fighters fans and Beargguy collectors will get the most out of it since the whole appeal is the mascot connection. Skip it if you are shopping for engineering, articulation, or value per dollar, this was never designed to compete on those terms and it does not try to.

The build story

What the build is actually like, and the engineering worth knowing about.

The build itself is about as low-stress as Gunpla gets. Everything snaps together clean, there is minimal flash to clean up, and you are not hunting for tiny polycaps or wrestling with tight tolerances anywhere in the process. It is the kind of kit you can finish while half watching something on a second screen.

The standout bit of engineering, if you can call it that, is the connector joint that lets the Petit-Petit'gguy ride on the main bear's arm or its back. It is a small touch but it is genuinely well thought out and gives you more posing options with the pair than either bear would have alone. Everything else, head tilt, ear movement, limb rotation, works but is basic ball-joint stuff, not anything approaching real inner-frame articulation.

Lore & trivia

01The Petit'gguy line spun off from the Beargguy suits introduced in Gundam Build Fighters Try, where Mirai Kamiki piloted the bear-shaped KUMA series machines.
02This is entry #14 in Bandai's HGPG (High Grade Petit'gguy) sub-line, which has released dozens of color and theme variants since launch.
03The kit includes a jigsaw-style display stand and a removable ribbon accessory to make room for mounting the smaller bear on its back.